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So what's the point? NYC Ebola patient PASSED new 'enhanced screening' at JFK Airport
MailOnline ^ | 24 October 2014 | David Martosko

Posted on 10/24/2014 12:26:36 PM PDT by dennisw

Dr. Craig Spencer returned from Guinea on Oct. 17 The CDC's 'enhanced screening' protocols didn't flag him as a disease carrier because he had no Ebola symptoms 'He went through multiple layers of screening and did not have a fever or other symptoms of illness,' the CDC tweeted He spiked a 100.3-degree fever six days later and landed in New York City's Bellevue Hospital Critics are slamming the CDC and the Obama administration for letting west African travelers into the country while requiring airport screening that can't identify patients

Craig Spencer, the doctor whose confirmed Ebola diagnosis sent New York City into a tailspin on Thursday, successfully cleared the U.S. government's newest 'enhanced' screening protocols when he returned from Africa.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Dr Spencer, who was in Guinea treating Ebola patients as part of a Doctors Without Borders team, passed inspection six days before showing symptoms and checking himself into Bellevue Hospital.

The CDC's acknowledgement brought angry catcalls on Twitter Thursday night, as Americans realised Ebola could reach the US despite security upgrades introduced following an earlier case of Ebola arriving from Africa.

'Well then,' read one post, 'it appears your 'advanced screening' is a load of bull***t. Another failure by CDC.'

The agency moved quickly to try to quell online concerns, but the effort met with little success.

Spencer 'didn't have fever or other symptoms of illness during screening; reported fever to health officials for 1st time today,' the CDC tweeted.

'So basically,' came a tweeted retort, 'screen[ing] process doesn't work to detect Ebola carriers ... Sheesh.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebolaairline; ebolascreening; nycebola; uspatient4
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1 posted on 10/24/2014 12:26:36 PM PDT by dennisw
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Won't touch Ebola.....with a ten foot pole....... black death,  plague, what have you

2 posted on 10/24/2014 12:27:53 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

It’s all a ruse instituted by the radical Muslim posing as our POTUS to do as much damage as possible to the country he hates. And just think: What is he holding back because of the election?


3 posted on 10/24/2014 12:28:57 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama Will Say 'War on Women' But Not 'War on ISIS)
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To: dennisw

He should have kept his stupid a$$ in Africa in quarantine for 21 days at least.


4 posted on 10/24/2014 12:30:11 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: dennisw

It’s not rocket science. 150 years ago they had quarantines for people suspected of having infectious diseases. Anyone coming from an area with Ebola outbreaks should be held in an offshore facility for 45 days before being allowed into the country.


5 posted on 10/24/2014 12:30:53 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: dennisw

Just a thought, but how about THEY quarantine them at their end, (Ebola countries), for 21 days before they let them loose on the world.


6 posted on 10/24/2014 12:31:18 PM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: dennisw

“Craig Spencer, the doctor whose confirmed Ebola diagnosis sent New York City into a tailspin on Thursday, successfully cleared the U.S. government’s newest ‘enhanced’ screening protocols when he returned from Africa. “

There is no screening, it is all theater to make the sheep think the gov’t is doing something.


7 posted on 10/24/2014 12:31:19 PM PDT by wrench
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A. It’s a govt program
B. It doesn’t work
And c. It won’t ever be stopped.


8 posted on 10/24/2014 12:32:23 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: dennisw

The point is to create a false sense of security and warm fuzzies in the thought that the god-king is doing ‘something’ while doing nothing.


9 posted on 10/24/2014 12:33:35 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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How do you like this? “by December 15, Montserrado county could have up to 171,000 cases of Ebola”

http://news.yahoo.com/aid-needed-stem-explosion-ebola-liberia-study-234921546.html

And NYC has a massive Liberian population, a great deal of them illegals especially in Staten Island where an area is called “Little Liberia” and the communist the fools in that city elected Mayor is doing his utmost to see more of them get there using bribes of ID, healthcare and welfare.


10 posted on 10/24/2014 12:34:34 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama Will Say 'War on Women' But Not 'War on ISIS)
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Placebo screening.


11 posted on 10/24/2014 12:35:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Placebo screening, much like the bombing of ISIS.


12 posted on 10/24/2014 12:36:18 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Eva

Placebo bombing.


13 posted on 10/24/2014 12:37:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: dennisw
Insert famous Einstein quote here:

Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results

Some more updates on Ebola:


14 posted on 10/24/2014 12:38:54 PM PDT by wtd
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To: milford421

Okay, quarantine them for 21 days after the outbreak is over.


15 posted on 10/24/2014 12:40:02 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: wrench

Kind of like the TSA screening 95 year old grandma’s in wheelchairs but, not even giving burka clad muslims a second look.

Only for show.


16 posted on 10/24/2014 12:42:13 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dennisw

Unfortunately, screening only works if there are symptoms to screen for.


17 posted on 10/24/2014 12:44:34 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Don't let negative people rent space in your head)
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To: dennisw

The US government wants to kill us because they are evil bastards.
Way before the discovery of microbes, the Republic of Venice used to quarantine foreigners suspected of carrying disease and infected persons to be quarantined at the Lido island about 5 miles from the Venetian islands. The quarantine was for 40 days, the same numbers of days Jesus spent in the desert.
Venice was an extremely densely populated city (over 150,00 in the Middle Ages) and did suffer from plagues because of all their foreign connections. But the use of quarantine certainly mitigated the devastation from the plague. Their leaders has less knowledge, but they at least had more compassion for their people.


18 posted on 10/24/2014 12:44:48 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: dennisw

An ‘Ellis island’ needs to be set up for all those entering the US from Western Africa. Let’s say at Gitmo. This is on zer0’s regime another FAIL for the boy king.


19 posted on 10/24/2014 12:46:45 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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There is a simple and effective method for screening for Ebola.

“Are you coming from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone? Then you cannot come here.”

Of course, an administration that has opened the borders to all illegal aliens is not going to block someone coming from West Africa just because they are spreading a pandemic.


20 posted on 10/24/2014 12:48:05 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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